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The more I search the worse it is lol
My Duffy clan are from east mayo which is now part of rosscommen apparently. ..
My lot put bohola foxford ballyvary swinwford and ballsghdereen on Yorkshire census from 1861 onwards
My ggrandfather was John Duffy b 1801 and all his children were down as mayo born Mary Margaret Hannah Catherine John & Patrick
John married a Harriet? Am thinking bout 1830 cos Mary n 1833
The first mention in Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire is Margaret b 1835 married Walter lowery b 1826-33? in St Charles Church Hull 1854
Every census has a few years out on each birth
Can find no Walter Lowry in Mayo at all sadly
Ultimately I only know John Duffy lived a long life he was still alive aged 90 and I decended from Margaret Duffy & Walter Lowry
It's so exhausting with little info till 1860's
Also as different areas appear on UK census as mentioned above and no last name for johns wife Harriet
Am on ancestry UK and also have a DNA profile on my heritage

I would love to know exactly where I came from

I live in Galway Ireland but too ill to travel to mayo

Thanks all
Suzanne

Suzhannah03

Tuesday 18th Sep 2018, 12:50PM

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  • Suzanne:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    Likely your family was from the Kilmovee parish area which is in East Mayo about four miles southwest of Ballaghaderreen. My great-grandmother, Mary Duffy, came from that area and married a Roddy from near Ballaghaderreen. There are hundreds of Duffys in that area.

    It looks like the children of John Duffy were born in the 1820s and 1830s but unfortunately there are no church baptismal records available in Kilmovee or Ballaghaderreen back to that period.

    I also tested my DNA on Ancestry and possibly we are distant cousins.

    If you have a chance, you may want to load your Ancestry DNA data to a volunteer site called Gedmatch www.gedmatch.com  It will expand your matching pool.

    Roger McDonnellk

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 18th Sep 2018, 03:47PM
  • Dear Roger
    I would be delighted if you would load my DNA because am chronically ill n don't have a laptop It is on heritage com my personal email is suzyyoung24@gmail.com and we can chat more about giving access Am over the moon you offered
    Regards Suzy

    Suzhannah03

    Wednesday 19th Sep 2018, 10:42AM

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